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It almost never rains causing the desert there and it's hard to farm on sand. Also the farm animals eat up the crops.

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Why is farming is so difficult in the African Sahel?

It almost never rains causing the desert there and it's hard to farm on sand. Also the farm animals eat up the crops.


The African Transition Zone?

The African transition zone is called the Sahel. This area is were the Sahara transitions into the Savannah. This area is under threat from overgrazing and poor farming techniques.


What type of work do they in the sahel?

farming


How might desertification affect people's lives in the Sahel?

The Sahel is a grassland. Desertification turns food grazing and farmland into unusable desert. Since the Sahel is used for both farming and grazing, it would hurt the economy of the Sahel people.


What are the main threats in the Sahel?

Poor farming processes and over grazing of livestock are the main threats to the Sahel.


Why is the Sahel expanding?

Bad farming practices and over grazing by livestock are causing the Sahel to expand and turn to desert.


Why is farming so difficult in the sahel?

It almost never rains causing the desert there and it's hard to farm on sand. Also the farm animals eat up the crops.


Did they use slash-and-burn farming in the Sahel in Africa?

yes


How might desertification affect people's lives in Sahel?

The Sahel is a grassland. Desertification turns food grazing and farmland into unusable desert. Since the Sahel is used for both farming and grazing, it would hurt the economy of the Sahel people.


What are some reasons for environmental damages to the Sahel Desert?

The Sahel is not a desert, it is a semiarid grassland that is being destroyed by improper farming and grazing practices.


What is the type of subsistence farming found along the sahel and east Africa due to what?

Land.


Why is there no farming in south and North Africa?

because of the Sahara sahel and Sahara desert the and dries out out to sand Improvement: There is farming. Just not with vegetables really.